Comment on Hypothesis: Modern retro-inspired indies are much more enjoyable than the retro games themselves
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 days agoI feel like I’ve also heard this discussion from a friend regarding neon genesis evangelion, which I still haven’t seen
Redkey@programming.dev 5 days ago
I haven’t kept up with anime much for many years now, but I can easily imagine that this is the case. There had been mecha anime with angsty pilots and behind-the-scenes politics before, but Evangelion pushed it all to a whole new level by adding mysticism and psychological dread into the mix. I know that almost immediately following the initial release of Evangelion we got Gasaraki and RahXephon, both of which bear obvious influences from Evangelion.